RLI CHAPTER NEWS
The chapter also held its annual dinner and cowboy auction that night. The following awards were presented to members: Steve Bruere - Volume and Acres Sold for the Year; Steve Bruere and Kyle Hansen, ALC - Deal of the Year; Ryan Kay Rising Star; Roger Johnson- Longtime Dedication to RLI; and Jared Chambers – Good Neighbor of the Year. Pictured is Riley Siren and Iowa member Dick Meade helping lead their cowboy auction which raised over $1,600.
2018 Strategic Plan – or objectives within that plan to concentrate on, generation of revenue, scheduling a national LANDU course to offer before the chapter’s annual conference in August, and seeking out partnership opportunities. The chapter plans to host its annual conference the first week in August. They are also excited to announce that they recently released their new RLI-branded chapter website at rliminnesotachapter.com
RLI Kansas Chapter On April 24, the RLI Kansas Chapter met for a marketing / educational meeting. Their hosts, American AgCredit, gave a general economic outlook. Patrick McBride, of Drone-On-Demand, presented Drones in Real Estate, a threehour Kansas CE course. Patrick did a great job of explaining why it is extremely important to either get the FAA Part 107 Drone Pilot certification or to instead hire someone, for the protection of both the agent and their client. The meeting also covered various land issues from different areas of the state, and several properties were marketed to those in attendance. On April 25, several members attended a tour of the Great Plains Manufacturing Company. The guide did a wonderful job of explaining who Great Plains is and what all the agricultural parts are that they manufacture during the 90-minute tour of the facility.
RLI Oklahoma Chapter The RLI Oklahoma Chapter congratulates the recipients of the following 2018 Chapter Awards: Top Hand – Rod Canterbury; Largest chapter RLI-to-RLI Transaction – Clay Baxter and Rod Canterbury; Largest RLI-toRLI Transaction – Zurick Labrier, ALC, and an out of state member; and the Oklahoma Land Broker of the Year – Ricky Ward, ALC. The recipients were recognized at the Chapter’s May 9 meeting and class, Industrial Hemp – Impacts to Real Estate. The class was taught by Kirk Goble, ALC, and was very well received by the over 50 land professionals in attendance. Sara Wallace from the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Consumer Protection Services also joined the chapter and gave the audience pertinent information about the application process, costs, planting, testing, processors, reporting, and much more.
RLI Minnesota Chapter The RLI Minnesota Chapter held its quarterly conference call on April 23 with just under half of their members on the call. The newly-created MN Chapter Board of Directors held its first meeting April 24 with a long to-do list that included discussion about the sustainability of the chapter, possible adoption of the
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